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Your Energy Needs (BMR)

What is energy, and where do we get the energy our bodies need? In this activity, students calculate basal metabolic rate to understand how many Calories they must consume each day to survive.

A Most Complex System

How complicated are our brains? David Eagleman, PhD, talks about this mass of fragile cells that houses and controls our hopes, dreams, beliefs and actions.

23.5 Degrees

Many students have misconceptions about changes in seasonal weather and the daily duration of sunlight. Dr. Greg Vogt explains the reason for the seasons in this video presentation.

Bird Flu, Updated

Bird flu is once again in the news. Cases of human infection with the H7N9 subtype of influenza A have been reported in China. This subtype of the virus already spreads more easily from birds to humans than H5N1 did, and there is concern that it might adapt to be sustainably transmitted from human to human. This, of course, is the recipe for a pandemic.

Gene You

Science teaching resources that introduce middle and high school students to exciting advances in genetics and genomics.

The Learning Brain

Neuroscience lessons, teacher guides, expert presentations and student reading materials for a range of grades.

Designing Your Investigation

Students learn about professional scientific procedures that must be followed when conducting open-ended experiments in the classroom.

Investigating Infectious Disease

K-8 students become “disease detectives” when they use these resources in class or after school.

Nature News

Courses and Professional Development

BioEd Online is your source for free, interactive courses on a wide range of key topics, including genetics/genomics, environmental health and the fascinating science of water. Materials are sorted by topic, making it easy to locate the content most appropriate for you.